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Incidence, patterns, and management of frontal sinus fractures

A 10-year retrospective study at a tertiary medical center, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah M. Alshahrani, Nedal Abu Mostafa, Feras Almoslem, Ayman Alothman and Fares Alrawashdeh
Saudi Medical Journal June 2024, 45 (6) 585-590; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.6.20240167
Abdullah M. Alshahrani
From the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Alshahrani), King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences (Abu Mostafa), Riyadh Elm University, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Almoslem, Alothman, Alrawashdeh), King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nedal Abu Mostafa
From the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Alshahrani), King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences (Abu Mostafa), Riyadh Elm University, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Almoslem, Alothman, Alrawashdeh), King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Feras Almoslem
From the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Alshahrani), King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences (Abu Mostafa), Riyadh Elm University, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Almoslem, Alothman, Alrawashdeh), King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ayman Alothman
From the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Alshahrani), King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences (Abu Mostafa), Riyadh Elm University, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Almoslem, Alothman, Alrawashdeh), King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fares Alrawashdeh
From the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Alshahrani), King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences (Abu Mostafa), Riyadh Elm University, from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Almoslem, Alothman, Alrawashdeh), King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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